Hidden identities of the AI Heiress
Chapter 607 - Chapter 607 Chapter 607 The Person Behind the Scenes

Chapter 607: Chapter 607: The Person Behind the Scenes, Unexpectedly, Sister Qiao Descends from the Sky Chapter 607: Chapter 607: The Person Behind the Scenes, Unexpectedly, Sister Qiao Descends from the Sky The person across from him sat in a wheelchair, his figure thin and his face pale from prolonged illness. His eyes, looking at the healthy-bodied Li Hanzhou, were filled with coldness and jealousy.

Upon closer look, there was also a hint of deep envy.

A bitter resentment surged in his heart, and he covered his mouth with a cloth, unable to stop coughing.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

It seemed as if he was about to cough up his lungs.

Seeing this, the person behind him quickly handed him some medicine to calm his emotions, “Boss, your medicine.”

The emaciated man took the medicine handed over by his subordinate, moved the cloth away, and one could vaguely see specks of blood on it.

Clearly, his illness had reached a critical stage.

Li Hanzhou’s cold gaze scrutinized the man before him, who seemed both familiar and strange. Seeing him vigorous enough to cause trouble despite his ghostly appearance, the corner of his mouth slightly curled up, “Remember what I told you, if you dare step into our territory again, I will take your life! It seems you really want to die?”

His gaze fell on the blood-stained cloth, he said teasingly, “But it seems I don’t need to do it myself, you’re about to die anyway.”

Qiao Xun, hearing Li Hanzhou’s words, was startled, then quickly turned to ask Li Hanzhou, “Do you know him?”

His voice was somewhat tense, as if he was suppressing some emotion.

The mastermind behind the organization was too cautious. He had been in contact with this organization for several years but had never met anyone in person.

He knew it was because they did not trust his commitment to cooperation.

Today was his first time meeting the person behind the scenes, and at such close range, he almost couldn’t control his emotions.

But reason calmed him down.

Li Hanzhou did not answer; the emaciated man chuckled lowly a few times. When his gaze fell on Qiao Xun, the sinister look in his eyes instantly dissipated, replaced by a warm and friendly expression. He raised his hand.

“Dr. Qiao, we finally meet. Welcome to join us.”

Qiao Xun tugged at his lips, his face showing a smile that was not quite a smile, which he quickly concealed again, raised his hand and cordially shook hands with the thin man, but quickly let go.

Looking skeptical, he asked, “Are you Mr. J?”

“Yes, it’s me.”

The man known as Mr. J, struggling for breath, laughed weirdly, pausing between each word, spoke resentfully, “He’s my nephew, of course he knows me, heh, I am his dear uncle.”

He eyed Li Hanzhou’s healthy body, his look both crazed and obsessive.

“So many years have passed, and you still have such a zest for life, I really envy you.”

Qiao Xun’s expression changed, he looked incredulously towards the casual Li Hanzhou.

This answer was completely unexpected.

The two were actually blood relatives!

But it seemed, their relationship was very bad, or rather, it shouldn’t be described as bad, but rather as enmity.

Li Hanzhou’s smiling expression faltered slightly, “Li Nanfeng, do you think your life is too long?”

Seeing Li Hanzhou’s calm demeanor, Li Nanfeng felt a surge of anger again, his hands firmly gripped the wheelchair armrests, his eyes dark and cold.

“If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be like this now! It’s really a turn of fortune, you’re not yet in my hands, I want you to experience the life I have lived these past years! I want to make you just like me, a useless person!”

The more he spoke, the more agitated he became, his face nearly hysterical, his chest heaving rapidly, not hiding his disgust towards Li Hanzhou at all.

Even though this man was his older brother’s biological son, sharing an indelible blood relation with him.

Li Hanzhou sneered, looking coldly at the almost pathological man, “You tried to deal with me twice, failed both times, and now, do you think you can succeed?”

Li Nanfeng was actually the mastermind behind the organization. Li Hanzhou felt surprised too; he didn’t expect this half-dead man to still be struggling desperately.

He even dared to reach his hands into the country and sought to harm Qiao Yun.

Indeed, he should have killed him directly from the beginning.

Li Hanzhou had always been a person with scant emotions, naturally feeling no sympathy for this uncle who had tried to harm him. If it weren’t for the elders in the family pleading on his behalf, Li Nanfeng’s bones would have already turned to ash.

Li Nanfeng was the youngest master of the Li Family, born weak and suffering from a genetic defect.

He was madly jealous of those healthier than him, and thus, as an adult, he had secretly conducted underground research, which, however, never bore fruit.

It wasn’t until Li Hanzhou was born that he suddenly thought, what if he used a blood relative as the test subject? Could he succeed then?

This led to the kidnapping of young Li Hanzhou.

He had nearly died being shot, yet he still managed to survive.

This made Li Nanfeng even more resentful towards Li Hanzhou, leading to his second targeting, which Li Hanzhou nipped in the bud and even crippled both his legs, rendering him completely disabled!

He was thrown abroad to fend for himself, fortunately, he had made quite a fortune over the years doing underground business in others’ names, and he used this money to continue his research abroad.

He had long set his sights on Tianqi Research Institute because he knew that after Li Hanzhou visited there, he completely recovered.

But neither Qiao Yun nor Li Hanzhou was easy to deal with, fortunately, the appearance of Qiao Xun provided a breakthrough.

Qiao Xun had someone he wanted to save, making him the perfect collaborator.

Initially, he didn’t trust Qiao Xun at all, which is why he never showed his face in front of him. Now that Li Hanzhou was here, he fully trusted Qiao Xun.

Li Nanfeng’s lips turned purple as he agonizingly twisted his face, smiling at Li Hanzhou, “Our uncle and nephew truly share kismet.”

Knowing why Li Hanzhou survived the kidnapping made him almost exclaim about fate.

Ironically, if he wanted to survive, the key person was still Li Hanzhou.

Upon learning that Li Hanzhou walked right into the trap for Professor Qiao, he couldn’t contain his excitement and sneaked into the country, eager to witness Li Hanzhou’s face of defeat.

However,

Li Nanfeng looked at the person now completely surrounded and isolated, his eyes growing more vicious as if provoked by Li Hanzhou’s indifferent attitude, his voice hoarse and ugly.

“Now that you have fallen into my hands, in half an hour, once we cross the border, no one can save you. Or do you think you alone can take on so many of us?”

“Why are you still alive, and I have to become like this? You should have died long ago!”

“This is good, whether you died or not, it allows me to properly torment you.”

Upon hearing this, a chill flashed in Li Hanzhou’s eyes. He seemed to recall something and laughed, “Speaking of which, I should thank you for having me kidnapped when I was a child.”

Otherwise, how would he have met Qiao Yun?

Although he hadn’t remembered those events yet, he was still grateful that it was he, not someone else, who had saved Qiao Yun back then.

If not according to Qiaoqiao’s personality, she wouldn’t have given him a second glance at their first meeting.

Li Nanfeng felt he was quite insane but now realized Li Hanzhou was even more insane than him.

Actually thanking him??

Staring at Li Hanzhou, he couldn’t stop thinking that he should have taken Qiao Yun along earlier, then killed the person Li Hanzhou cared for right before his eyes, to see if he could remain so composed.

However, as Li Nanfeng’s eyes landed on the inscrutable Qiao Xun, he suppressed that brutal thought.

He needed Qiao Xun’s expertise and didn’t want to turn against Qiao Xun just yet.

However, giving Li Hanzhou a taste of hardship to vent his own anger was still acceptable.

Li Nanfeng grimly ordered his underlings, “Beat him up hard, but don’t kill him. Spare his life, I still have use for him.”

After finishing, he turned to Qiao Xun with a gentler tone, “Doctor Qiao, come over here to avoid getting hurt.”

Qiao Xun didn’t say anything and walked behind Li Nanfeng, coldly watching dozens of his followers get ready, their faces filled with malice as they closed in on Li Hanzhou.

Li Hanzhou raised his eyebrows, utterly indifferent.

Seeing him like this, Li Nanfeng felt his teeth itch, “You’ll be begging for mercy soon!”

Li Hanzhou responded with a disdainful look, as if in his eyes, Li Nanfeng was nothing but an ant.

Looking at the people surrounding him.

He raised his well-defined fingers, unbuttoned his cuffs, rolled up his sleeves, and wore a relaxed and comfortable expression, “All at once, or one at a time?”

The underlings looked at each other, then one of them stepped forward first.

Li Hanzhou lifted his foot and kicked the approaching man, sending him flying with an unexpected force, causing him to crash to the ground.

Clutching his throbbing chest, he rolled on the ground several times.

Li Hanzhou wore a smile, “Is that all?”

Of course, that wasn’t all.

“Attack together!” Li Nanfeng ordered.

He wanted to see Li Hanzhou running around with his head in his hands, not his own men crying in pain!

Seeing their boss had spoken, they attacked all at once.

However, things didn’t go as expected.

Li Hanzhou was too good at fighting.

With one punch, he sent teeth flying.

Moreover, his agility was incredible, as if he had eyes on the back of his head, knocking down an ambusher without even turning around.

After several rounds, aside from his suit being a bit disheveled, he didn’t have a single scratch on him.

He still wore a smile, looking like he was far from finished.

Qiao Xun inwardly sighed, neither Li Nanfeng nor Li Hanzhou seemed normal.

Was there no one normal in the Li Family?

Li Hanzhou sneered, “You’re a waste, and your underlings are a bunch of wastes, no matter how many years pass, I’m still the person you can’t touch!”

Even when deeply trapped, he still had the leisure to provoke others, and Qiao Xun somewhat understood why Li Nanfeng went crazy upon seeing Li Hanzhou.

Indeed, he was quite infuriating.

This aspect was rather like Qiaoqiao, who could always infuriate people she didn’t care about.

Li Nanfeng’s emaciated hands trembled uncontrollably, and he almost screamed in a frenzy, “Useless things! So many of you, and you can’t even beat him!”

He coughed weakly and said to the woman standing next to him, “I want his legs!”

“Yes, boss!”

The woman pulled a handgun from her waist, her face filled with eager anticipation, she had been frightened by a glance from Li Hanzhou before.

This made her feel humiliated in front of her subordinates, and now she could have her revenge.

Li Nanfeng spoke in a sinister voice, “Tell me, are you faster, or is a bullet faster? However, if you kneel down and beg for mercy, I might consider sparing your legs.”

Li Hanzhou straightened out his disheveled shirt and said with a mocking smile, “Let me tell you, you still won’t succeed this time, right? Dr. Qiao …”

Li Nanfeng hadn’t yet grasped the meaning of these words when, standing behind him, Qiao Xun, whom he regarded as a very credible partner, suddenly made his move.

Qiao Xun swiftly reached out, grabbed Li Nanfeng’s shoulder, and pulled out a syringe from his chest, forcefully pressing it against Li Nanfeng’s neck.

Within less than five seconds, the situation was reversed.

By the time the surrounding subordinates reacted, it was already too late, and Li Nanfeng had become Qiao Xun’s hostage.

“Boss!”

“Let go!”

“Dr. Qiao, what are you doing!?”

Qiao Xun’s voice was low, “Nobody move. Put down your guns, or I will kill him!”

The woman did not lower her gun, instead pointing it at Qiao Xun and scoffing, “You’re a doctor, you wouldn’t dare to kill. You’d better think this through!”

Qiao Xun sneered, “If you make a move, I will inject the nerve toxin from this syringe into his body, and it won’t even take a second for him to die from poisoning! Do you want to bet?”

Only Qiao Xun knew that it wasn’t as easy as he made it seem; it was his strong will that kept his hand from trembling.

He was a doctor, sworn to save lives and help the injured, yet today, he was threatening a life with the very hands meant for healing.

He even wished he could kill Li Nanfeng right away!

Li Nanfeng had never imagined that he would be taken hostage by Qiao Xun before even falling into Li Hanzhou’s hands.

When the syringe was pressed against his neck, he was still a bit stunned, “Dr. Qiao, what are you doing?”

Qiao Xun ignored him, gripping the syringe so tightly that his fingers turned white, his gaze coldly fixed on the people around him.

“Aren’t you going to put down your guns? Or do you want to see him die?”

Neither side dared to move.

Li Nanfeng finally snapped back to reality and let out a low, cold laugh. He glared fiercely at Li Hanzhou while panting heavily, his expression full of resentment and venom, “I get it! You’re all in this together! Qiao Xun, you deceived me!”

Li Hanzhou responded expressionlessly, “Not together, but with the same goal, to kill you.”

“When, exactly when!?” Li Nanfeng couldn’t understand when Qiao Xun had turned against him and how he had been lured into such a trap without noticing.

Qiao Xun’s voice was cold and fierce, “I never thought of getting my hands dirty with you, even if it meant disappointing, even angering, my most beloved niece. I will destroy you!”

“You don’t want to save Yunzhi anymore? Your love for her, it was all fake!” Li Nanfeng said, highly agitated.

He couldn’t accept that he had capsized in a ditch, especially at the hands of a seemingly harmless doctor.

When Qiao Xun heard him mention Yunzhi, he couldn’t control the trembling of his hand, and his voice barely contained his hatred, “If it weren’t for you…”

Just then, the sound of a helicopter’s rotors suddenly filled his ears, followed by the skylights of the warehouse shattering with a bang.

Countless pieces of broken glass clattered down, and the people below immediately scurried for cover.

Li Hanzhou didn’t move; he instinctively looked up, and then froze completely.

The next second, he thought he must be either insane or dreaming.

On such a moonless, windy night, how could he see Qiao Yun descending from the sky like a female Superman?

Li Hanzhou: ???